Facial Products Flashcards
cover up small imperfections on the facial skin and make it more refined, finer textured, and look natural
○ Cover spots / uneven coloring
Facial Makeup Products
unifying skin color, improving dull and tired complexion, giving a matte finish, and masking dark spots, small wrinkles, dark rings under the eyes, and skin pores.
FACIAL MAKEUP PRODUCTS
TYPES OF FACIAL MAKEUP PRODUCTS
- FACIAL FOUNDATION
- CONCEALERS (COLOR CORRECTIVES)
- BLUSH (ROUGE)
○ Uniform color
○ Provide basic coverage to the skin
○ Blend uneven facial color for all skin tones
● Typically applied on total facial area
● Available as liquid, compact products, sticks, creams, mousse, and loose powders
Facial foundation
● Designed to add color to the cheeks
● Usually applied over a foundation to emphasize and highlight the cheekbones and provide structure to the face
Blush
- hide minor skin problems, such as:
○ Small visible blemishes
○ Pimples
○ Black marks
○ Dark circles under the eye - Much thicker and heavier in pigments (more pigmented than foundation)
● Applied to areas of more concern on the face
● Available as powders, creams, sticks, and liquids
CONCEALERS (COLOR CORRECTIVES)
Types of blush
- powder blush
- cream rouges
have more vivid pigments than facial powder
powder blush
are similar to anhydrous foundations
Cream rouges
Cream rouges contain:
- Light esters,
○ Waxes,
○ Mineral oil,
○ Titanium dioxide (for application, spread, and cover), and
○ Pigments
INGREDIENTS OF FACIAL POWDER MAKEUP
- FILLERS
- ABSORBENTS
- BINDERS
- COLORANTS
- PRESERVATIVES
- ANTIOXIDANTS
- TEXTURE ENHANCERS
- FRAGRANCES
● Provide a base for the pigments
● Help dilute colors
● May also increase adhesiveness of facial powders to the skin
Fillers
Fillers contribute to the ___ and ___________ of the powder
slip and consistency
○ Talc
○ Magnesium stearate
○ Starch
○ Boron nitrides
○ Bismuth oxychloride
○ Micas
Fillers
multifunctional: filler, absorbent, binder
Starch
● Help the cake stick together, provides some water repellency to the formulas, and provide skin adherence
● Used in pressed powders only
Binders
■ Zinc
■ Magnesium stearate
■ Starches
solid binders
■ Mineral oil
■ Isopropyl myristate
■ Silicone oils
liquid binders
Mainly _________ pigments are used
(COLORANTS)
inorganic
○ Iron oxide (yellow, red, and black),
○ Ultramarine (blue), and
○ Chrome hydrate and chrome oxide (green)
Inorganic pigments
Inorganic pigments are _________ insoluble
water